Wikinews Shorts: April 5, 2007
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===Prosecutors file charges in the 2005 London bombings===
[[Image:Russell square ambulances.jpg|right|200px|Russell Square on July 7, 2005]]
Prosecutors in the [[United Kingdom]] filed charges against Mohammed Shakil, 30, Waheed Ali, 23, and Sadeer Saleem, 26. Each were charged with conspiracy to cause explosions on transport or at tourist attractions, related to the [[w:7 July 2005 London bombings|July 7, 2005 London bombings]]. Authorities said they are still searching for additional suspects.

The July 7, 2005 London bombings killed 56 (including the four suicide bombers) and injured more than 700.

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*{{source|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6529643.stm
|title=Three charged over 7/7 bombings
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|pub=BBC News Online
|date=April 5, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/04/05/world/main2650647.shtml
|title=Three Charged In 7/7 London Attacks
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|pub=CBS News
|date=April 5, 2007}}
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===US helicopter crashes in southern Iraq===
[[Image:Black hawk.jpg|right|200px|UH-60 Black Hawk]]
A [[United States|US]] [[w:UH-60 Black Hawk|UH-60 Black Hawk]] helicopter crashed after coming under fire near [[w:Latifiya|Latifiya]], [[Iraq]]. The US military confirmed that the helicopter was shot down. All nine aboard survived but four had been injured. Witnesses reported a hard landing and gunfire afterwards, but no explosion.
The US has lost at least fifty military helicopters in Iraq, nine of those since the beginning of  this year.

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*{{source|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6528953.stm
|title=US helicopter 'shot down' in Iraq
|author=
|pub=BBC News Online
|date=April 5, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/04/05/iraq/main2650277.shtml
|title=U.S. Copter Downed In Iraq
|author=
|pub=CBS News
|date=April 5, 2007}}
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===Relics believed to have belonged to Joan of Arc, found to be fake===
<!--[[Image:Ingres coronation charles vii.jpg|right|120px|Joan of Arc painted in 1854]]-->
Scientists who studied relics that were thought to have belonged to the saint [[w:Joan of Arc|Joan of Arc]] and were said to have been found at a pharmacy in [[w:Paris|Paris, France]], have turned out to be forgeries. Tests show that the items are actually the remains of a [[w:mummy|mummy]] from [[w:Egypt|Egypt]].

The relics were originally authenticated by the Roman Catholic Church and are now in a museum in [[w:Chinon|Chinon]], [[France]].

'''Sources'''
*{{source|url=http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v446/n7136/full/446593a.html
|title=Joan of Arc's relics exposed as forgery
|author=Declan Butler
|pub=Nature.com
|date=April 5, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article1615079.ece
|title=Relics aren’t Maid of Orléans but a mummy made in Egypt
|author=Mark Henderson
|pub=Times Online
|date=April 5, 2007}}
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The July 7, 2005 London bombings killed 56 (including the four suicide bombers) and injured more than 700.

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The relics were originally authenticated by the Roman Catholic Church and are now in a museum in Chinon, France.

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